Press decides not to cover Hillary Clinton's policy speech

[UCmeNdc]

You remember how hot and bothered the beltway press has been because Hillary decided to go on a listening tour instead of doing a host of interviews and press conferences? And then after every Republican announced their candidacy, a smug, "where's Hillary?" came pouring from the mouths of those reporters and pundits. Then they complained that Hillary's announcement speech contained no specific policy outlines. They were up in arms when the Clinton campaign roped them off over the July 4th weekend and even left wing pundits complained that the optics of reporters being roped off was a major blunder. How could she be so insensitive to the needs of the press, ammirite?

This morning Hillary Clinton gave an economic policy speech in New York that was pretty important. You would think the cable news networks would have flocked around it for at least a few minutes since she was presenting her vision for America. I was expecting Karl Rove to be interviewed afterwards on Fox News so he could attack her for being a socialist troglodyte phony who wants to steal our freedoms and give away all our money so the poor can buy new Jaguars.

As I perused the cable networks, I was stunned to see almost no coverage at all by those same networks, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News that denigrated her non-press appearances. Of all the things the mainstream press has said and done to Hillary Clinton, today's non coverage hypocrisy exposes their blatant hatred for Hillary in all its glory.


http://crooksandliars.com/2015/07/hypocritical-press-doesnt-cover-hillary

[williesgirl]

1. It doesn't pay to piss off the press. They can get even, play nasty!

[SamKnause]

2. Maybe they did not want to be

lassoed by a rope.

[elleng]

3. I don't think she was neglected.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/12/politics/hillary-clinton-economic-policy-speech/

http://news.yahoo.com/speech-clinton-put-wages-heart-economic-policy-051756580--business.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-economic-plan-emphasizes-growth-and-increasing-wages-1436811034

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/2015/07/clinton_nation_needs_a_growth_and_fairness_economy

[SunSeeker]

4. The press was too busy breathlessly covering Donald Trump.

Even the MSNBC anchors can't stop talking about Trump. It is an entertainment industry I guess.

[floyd1]

6. MSNBC

It's all entertainment! Sensationalism. I don't find MSNBC liberal, honestly. Check out some grassroots non-corporate, non-sensationalist news:

Democracy Now!
Thom Hartmann Show
Pacifica Radio
Ralph Nader Radio Hour

[floyd1]

5. Don't be so quick to complain

I think Hillary gets plenty of coverage. And when it is coverage, it is favorable coverage. I think we should realize that most other candidates feel what you have mentioned. Look at Bernie Sanders. He barely gets coverage. And when he does, it's coverage that degrades his campaign and compares him to Hillary. I think this is a taste of reality for the Hillary supporters.

Vote Bernie in the Primary!

[left-of-center2012]

7. I saw it covered

On PBS and CBS

[BlueMTexpat]

8. I hadn't really paid attention

because I pay as little attention to US MS broadcast media as possible. Even when they do cover her, it is usually to denigrate/be dismissive of what she says. She's damned if she does and she's damned if she doesn't. A pox on them all, IMO.

I get my information from alternative sources and it is usually much more reliable.

[ladjf]

9. Yet, Scott Walker was on most channels yesterday giving his entire speech. nt